Bacillus: Classic Stories of the Microbial and Contagious

by Chad Arment (Editor), Jack London, Algernon Blackwood

Bacillus includes 13 classic short stories of bacterial and microbial organisms, diseases, and plagues by authors like Jack London, H. G. Wells, Algernon Blackwood, and others. Tales include apocalyptic stories, plague ships, and scientific discoveries. Also included is the 1918 science fiction novel The Blue Germ, by Martin Swayne.

The Masque of the Red Death (1842), Edgar Allan Poe
The Microbe of Death (1894), Rudolph de Cordova
The Stolen Bacillus (1895), H. G. Wells
The Purple Death (1896), William Livingston Alden
The Plague Ship (1897), Jack London
The Plague Ship Tupisa (1899), George Griffith
Dr. Cox's Discovery (1903), Herbert D. Ward
Max Hensig: Bacteriologist and Murderer (1907), Algernon Blackwood
The Golden Rat (1908), Alexander Harvey
The Sheriff of Kona (1909), Jack London
The Scarlet Plague (1915), Jack London
The Beautiful Bacillus (1931), Patrick Dutton
Noekken of Norway (1934), Bob Olsen

454 pages, Paperback

First published October 10, 2011

About the author

Two of the first "real" authors I read when I was young were Alistair MacLean and Rex Stout, and those remain favorites. Today, for personal reading, there are several mystery authors I enjoy; for non-fiction, I jump around a bit depending on what I'm interested in. (At the moment, suiseki and dragonflies, go figure.)
In 2004, I self-published my first print-on-demand book, on cryptozoology. Since then, I've added several other of my own titles, a fair number by other authors, and a whole lot of reprints (both public domain and licensed). Titles can be seen at www.coachwhipbooks.com.
I currently live in Ohio.